The Virgin and Child with the cat and the snake, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1654

Title(s)

The Virgin and Child with the cat and the snake

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-124

Catalogue reference

• New Hollstein Dutch and Flemish (Rembrandt text) 278-1(4)
• Bartsch 63-1(2)
• Hollstein Dutch 63-1(2)

Inscriptions / marks

• signature and date: ‘Rembrandt.f.1654’
• collector's mark: Lugt 240

Artist

• print maker: Rembrandt van Rijn (mentioned on object)
• after own design by: Rembrandt van Rijn

Dating

1654

Material

• paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 94 mm × width 143 mm

What

• Madonna: Mary sitting on the ground, the Christ-child in her lap

Acquisition

transfer 1816

Copyright

Public domain

• Aemulatio : imitation, emulation and invention in Netherlandish art from 1500 to 1800 : essays in honor of Eric Jan Sluijter, p. 263-276, afb. 2
• Rembrandt / compiled by Erik Hinterding and Jaco Rutgers, Jaco Rutgers, Erik Hinterding, Ger Luijten, dl. II, p. 229, cat.nr. 278
• Dutch and flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts ca. 1450-1700, cat.nr. 63